Ten residences with interiors designed to showcase artwork


For our subsequent lookbook, we have chosen 10 interiors from the Dezeen archive that have been designed to present off the owners’ artwork collections.

The residences were being built for art collectors, experts and fans to showcase their art collections.

Just about every 1 has a distinctive fashion, with some boasting minimum gallery-like interiors, although some others champion a fast paced and eclectic glance that echo the items on display screen.

This is the latest roundup in our Dezeen Lookbooks series that present visible inspiration for designers and design and style lovers. Earlier lookbooks include verdant Japandi interiors, U-shaped kitchens and interiors that use biomaterials.


Turners Studio, Uk, by Rodić Davidson Architects

Rodić Davidson Architects transformed two artists’ studios in London into a loved ones dwelling that is filled with the client’s eclectic furniture and artwork collection.

The residence pairs whitewashed brick walls with wide blank walls covered in art. A glass sloped roof will allow light-weight to filter into the open up-program dwelling area developing a shiny and ethereal house.

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Double-height gallery in Windward House by Allison Brooks Architects

Windward Household, United kingdom, by Alison Brooks Architects

Alison Brooks Architects extra an extension to a Georgian farmhouse to change it into a double-peak gallery space.

The client’s artwork assortment is shown on the walls of the extension and within a lot of niches developed to maintain particular pieces. A mini gallery displaying 100 little operates is built-in into the home’s principal staircase.

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Roly Poly chair by Faye Toogood under art by Paul Rousso

Muskoka Cottage, Canada, by Ali Budd Interiors

Pure white walls were being paired with stained wood floors and wood-lined ceilings at this log cabin designed by Ali Budd Interiors to serve as a backdrop for the client’s art selection.

Inside of the cabin, a matte black Roly Poly chair by designer Faye Toogood and an offwhite, yarn-wrapped footrest were put beneath a big graphic piece by American present-day artist Paul Rousso.

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John Wardle's home has an art-filled interior

Kew Home, Australia, by John Wardle Architects

John Wardle renovated his individual two-storey property in Australia, adding Victorian ash across its walls ceilings and floors.

The white painted and wooden-clad partitions provide as a neutral backdrop for his collection of Japanese sculptures, ceramics and colourful artworks.

Developed-in shelving, cabinetry and surfaces give subtle storage regions for the architect’s collections without having distracting from the leafy sights out to the bordering landscape.

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Double-height book shelf and display cabinet

Residence for the Arts, the Netherlands, by i29

The resident’s art collection, which includes all around 100 pieces, is shown all through the two amounts of this loft-model household created by i29.

Double-top shelving, developed utilizing larch wooden and grey HPL, conceals a staircase that qualified prospects to the mezzanine degree though also housing books and little sculptures.

Gray resin was utilized throughout the floors of the dwelling to supply a blank backdrop for the collection.

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Art-filled interior space in US home

Artery Home, US, by Hufft

As its identify implies, the design and style of the Artery Residence was informed by the owner’s intensive artwork collection.

Extensive wall spaces were established for exhibiting portray, pictures and sculpture and a bespoke lighting and local climate control system, comparable to those people made use of in gallery areas, helps to preserve the pieces.

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Cambridge Residence by Stern McCafferty Architects

Cambridge Home, US, by Stern McCafferty Architects

This 20th-century nation dwelling in Massachusetts was renovated by Stern McCafferty Architects to improved showcase the owner’s art.

White matte walls have been fitted with large baseboards, tying the room to its nation heritage, even though the floors were clad with pale wooden to similarly echo the interiors of galleries and museums.

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Art-filled interior space in Italy

Casa Salvatori, Italy, by Elissa Ossino Studio

Created inside a 200-yr-aged palazzo in Brera, Milan, this condominium designed by Elissa Ossino Studio was crafted for the head of Italian stone model Salvatori.

The property capabilities marble and stone furnishings, sculptures and artworks, which were put on top rated of the home’s unique rippled terrazzo flooring. Its wooden-lined ceiling was stained green, linking the permanent fixtures of the residing house to its inexperienced-hued stone furnishings and artworks.

A woven wicker armchair by De Padova and a brown butterfly chair in the living space deliver a gentle contrast towards the stone content palette.

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Home with white interiors

4 Seasons Home, US, by Magdalena Keck

Located in Tribeca in decrease Manhattan, this two-bed room house has a minimal, monochromatic search.

A pared-back again material palette, significant ceilings and massive windows have been made to develop a refined gallery-like area to showcase artwork.

Herringbone floors, together with classic, modern and tailor made-built furnishings, provide the area with a homely sense.

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Home with an art-filled interior

Home for Two Collectors, US, by Wheeler Kearns Architects

This Chicago penthouse condominium was built by Wheeler Kearns Architects for an artwork collector few.

The open-prepare space, which has walnut flooring managing all over, was intended to be a welcoming house, but it also capabilities as an event area.

Artworks from the resident’s collections, together with a George Nakashima bench, Harry Bertoia sculptures and household furniture by Paul Evans, ended up placed in the course of the apartment.

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This is the newest in our collection of lookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen’s impression archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks showcasing U-formed kitchens, calm dwelling rooms and home doing work spaces.